Oh Boy, Biden Tests Positive for Covid

U.S. President Joe Biden has formally examined constructive for covid-19.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre launched the surprising information in a press release Thursday, revealing the president examined constructive earlier within the day.

“This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” Jean-Pierre wrote. “He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing very mild symptoms.”

The president, who’s absolutely vaccinated and twice boosted, has reportedly begun taking Paxlovid, an oral antiviral medicine made obtainable through emergency use authorization by the FDA to deal with covid-19. Biden’s 79 years previous which places him in an age cohort the CDC notes is at elevated threat for severe sickness from the virus.

“Consistent with White House protocol for positive COVID cases, which goes above and beyond CDC guidance, he [Biden] will continue to work in isolation until he tests negative,” Jean-Pierre mentioned. “Once he tests negative, he will return to in-person work. Out of an abundance of transparency, the White House will provide a daily update on the President’s status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation.”

The White House didn’t instantly reply to Gizmodo’s request for remark. Several high-ranking officers in Biden’s orbit have examined constructive lately together with Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and former press secretary Jen Psak, NPR notes.

Biden’s reportedly isolating within the White House and is anticipated to proceed taking part in his deliberate conferences through cellphone and Zoom, Jean-Pierre famous. This is the primary time Biden has examined constructive for covid-19. He’s not, nonetheless, the primary U.S. president to check constructive. Former president Donald Trump formally contracted covid-19 in October 2020, nonetheless, subsequent studies declare he might have been contaminated days earlier and doubtlessly uncovered others to the virus throughout an excellent spreader occasion.

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